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Andy Borowitz | Virginia and New Jersey Elect Governors Totally Lacking Reality-Show Experience
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Throwing caution to the wind, voters in Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday night overturned the political applecart and chose as their new governors two men with no reality-show experience whatsoever."
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Throwing caution to the wind, voters in Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday night overturned the political applecart and chose as their new governors two men with no reality-show experience whatsoever."
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The One County in America That Voted in a Landslide for Both Trump and Obama
David Wasserman, FiveThirtyEight
Wasserman writes: "In an election decided by fractions of percentage points, it's easy to call just about anything a difference-maker. But none of that gets at the heart of why so many people who cast a ballot for former president Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 - and who saw Trump as unqualified to be president - nonetheless voted for him."
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David Wasserman, FiveThirtyEight
Wasserman writes: "In an election decided by fractions of percentage points, it's easy to call just about anything a difference-maker. But none of that gets at the heart of why so many people who cast a ballot for former president Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 - and who saw Trump as unqualified to be president - nonetheless voted for him."
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White House: America's CEOs Are the 'Most Excited Group' About GOP Tax Plan
Sylvan Lane, The Hill
Lane writes: "White House National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn said Thursday that U.S. corporate executives were the 'most excited' people about the House GOP tax plan."
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Sylvan Lane, The Hill
Lane writes: "White House National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn said Thursday that U.S. corporate executives were the 'most excited' people about the House GOP tax plan."
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Rights Groups Warn Voter Suppression Only Getting Worse in US
Ben Dalton, Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "One year after the 2016 presidential election, rights groups say voter suppression laws have only gotten worse in the United States. Voters in a dozen cities and states went to the polls on Tuesday to vote on everything from city mayor to state governor."
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Ben Dalton, Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "One year after the 2016 presidential election, rights groups say voter suppression laws have only gotten worse in the United States. Voters in a dozen cities and states went to the polls on Tuesday to vote on everything from city mayor to state governor."
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Ramsey Orta Can't Breathe: The Only One Punished Since Eric Garner's Killing Is the Citizen-Journalist Who Recorded It
Josmar Trujillo, FAIR
Trujillo writes: "When we went to a New York state prison to visit Ramsey Orta, the young man who filmed a police officer choking Eric Garner to death on a Staten Island sidewalk in 2014, we didn't even make it past the metal detectors."
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Josmar Trujillo, FAIR
Trujillo writes: "When we went to a New York state prison to visit Ramsey Orta, the young man who filmed a police officer choking Eric Garner to death on a Staten Island sidewalk in 2014, we didn't even make it past the metal detectors."
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US Imposes Oil Blockade to Force Venezuela Into Default
Mision Verdad, teleSUR
Excerpt: "Trump did not dare take the measure of prohibiting imports from Venezuela, given the many interests of U.S. companies involved, but this multi-pronged attack is making any explicit prohibition unnecessary. The measures taken have managed to make a dent in exports of oil to that country. All this is with the objective of continuing to strangle the Venezuela's economy and force the nation into a debt default by restricting purchases by U.S. refineries."
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Mision Verdad, teleSUR
Excerpt: "Trump did not dare take the measure of prohibiting imports from Venezuela, given the many interests of U.S. companies involved, but this multi-pronged attack is making any explicit prohibition unnecessary. The measures taken have managed to make a dent in exports of oil to that country. All this is with the objective of continuing to strangle the Venezuela's economy and force the nation into a debt default by restricting purchases by U.S. refineries."
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Puerto Rico's Massive Blackout Underscores Island's Fragile Electrical System
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch
Chow writes: "More than 80 percent of Puerto Rico was once again left without power after a main north-south transmission line failed."
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Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch
Chow writes: "More than 80 percent of Puerto Rico was once again left without power after a main north-south transmission line failed."
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Here's How to Support Puerto Rico as It Recovers From Devastating Hurricane Maria
Remezcla
Excerpt: "With the island expected to go without power for months, Puerto Rico now needs our help. The US territory is in the midst of a financial crisis and already struggling in many ways."
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Remezcla
Excerpt: "With the island expected to go without power for months, Puerto Rico now needs our help. The US territory is in the midst of a financial crisis and already struggling in many ways."
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